Oh, and Passmark is a terrible way to judge performance.
Read the i3 skylake reviews:
http://www.techspot.com/review/1087-best-value-desktop-cpu/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review
Exactly.
http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/radek/2015/i3_skylake/charts/def/mediacoder.png
http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/radek/2014/athlon_860K/charts/def/mediacoder.png
Core i3-6100 is a much better chip, luckely OP made the right choice. Also let's not forget the upgrade options LGA1151 provides.
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